Topping the singles chart is unit song from THE IDOLMASTER Cinderella Girls Starlight Master 03. The fictional units from the popular game and anime franchise have strong sales but this may be their first #1. Singer/songwriter miwa lands at #5 with double a-side single Princess /...

KAT-TUN just released their first greatest hits album - 10th ANNIVERSARY BEST "10Ks!". The album comes on 2CDs that include their 26 singles plus new song Kimi no Yume Boku no Yume (君のユメ ぼくのユメ). The Limited A adds 3rd CD with 15 tracks selected by fan voting. Album...

NEWS tops the singles charts with 2nd single of 2015 Chumu Chumu (チュムチュム) selling over 124,000 copies. Hey! Say! JUMP tops the album chart with 2nd album JUMPing CAR selling over 176,000 copies. Landing at #4 is Aoi Eir with 3rd...

Topping the single charts is Hottake Band with single Sayonara Arigato selling over 82,000 copies. The special unit consists of Kazuya Kamenashi (KAT-TUN) and Koji Tamaki with the main theme song for their TV drama series Tokyo Band Wagon. In...

The singles charts for the past week are topped by NMB48 with their 8th single Kamonegikkusu (カモネギックス) selling over 374,000 copies. It’s the AKB sister group’s 7th #1 single. In the #2 spot is idol group E-Girls with their 6th single Gomennasai no Kissing ...

A jam-packed singles chart is topped this week by the Southern All Stars with single “Peace to Highlight” selling over 207,000 copies. In the #2 spot is Jin Akanishi with single “Hey What’s Up” and in the #4 spot is Acid Black ...

Dominating the weekly single charts for March 14th is super group Arashi and their single “Wild at Heart” selling just over 550,000 copies (release details). SDN48 and their final single “Makeoshimi Congratulations” edged into second spot with over 74,000...

Arashi with their 37th single “Wild at Heart” will surpass the 500,000 sold mark and easily top the singles charts this past week.  On the album charts last week’s #1 continues in that spot this week - Ikimonogakari's latest album “NEWTRAL” with over...

Jin Akanishi has released the details of his upcoming new album “JAPONICANA” set for release on March 6th in the US and March 7th in Japan (with time difference it will be basically at the same time). The album will come in a Limited CD+DVD edition, Regular CD edition,...

The charts for December 2011 are dominated by another 1+ million selling single by AKB48 with their “Uekara Mariko” selling a huge 1,273,748 and putting it nearly 1 million ahead of the second place single. The rest of the top 5 singles is dominated by boy groups with ...

AKB48’s newest single, “Ue kara Mariko” sold over 1 million copies making AKB48 the first group ever to have 4 consecutive first week million selling singles. They are tied now with rock band GLAY with 5 consecutive million selling singles (their first single of the...

Jin Akanishi's new single “Seasons” has been announced for release on December 28 and he will hold a fan appreciation event at the Yokohama Arena in Kanagawa on January 7, 2012.  More details on the single follow,Since “Eternal” was released in March in...

Before his concert on Sunday, Jin Akanishi held a press conference to talk about his upcoming U.S. plans. He announced that his debut U.S. single will be a collaboration with singer-songwriter Jason Derulo, produced by J. R. Rotem. Akanishi said that he plans to release a full album this fall, and one of the songs...

Akanishi Jin is active as a singer and actor and next year in spring he will be making his American debut under the official name of JIN AKANISHI. This had been announced at a press conference he had been holding after his triumphant return from his tour through five major North American cities. In July...